About

We planned this 8th conference day to serve, once again, as a key touchstone for the community development movement. We hope this space offered you the chance to connect with stakeholders from across the community development ecosystem, so that we could unpack some of the complex issues we are all confronting, and develop strategies for advancing our work.

The twelve workshop tracks we developed correspond directly to community development issues we know are key to the movement right now. They will offer us the chance to convene and discuss small business displacement and vacancy challenges, public-private partnerships, the Community Reinvestment Act, speculation, access to financial services for immigrant populations, and much more.Registrants for the day hadthe opportunity to attend up to three sessions, all of which fall into one or more of our 7 core community development areas:

Meet Our Keynote Speaker

Lael Brainard took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on June 16, 2014, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2026.

Prior to her appointment to the Board, Dr. Brainard served as Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury from 2010 to 2013 and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury in 2009. During this time, she was the U.S. Representative to the G-20 Finance Deputies and G-7 Deputies and was a member of the Financial Stability Board. She received the Alexander Hamilton Award for her service.

Our Afternoon Policy Plenary

Displacement is a growing crisis for New Yorkers as more and more communities confront this rising threat. But the effects of gentrification reach beyond just housing. Displacement is an increasingly central concern, and a central point of analysis for people and organizations concerned with issues such as police violence, schools and education, health inequality, economic justice, and environmental justice.

Each sector is asking key questions – What is the impact that displacement is having on our communities and neighborhoods? How do other sectors see and approach the fight to stay and over control of space? How do we work across movements to achieve equitable communities?

Our Afternoon Policy Plenary will discuss the impacts of displacement from sectors outside of housing movement, and ask what lessons we can draw to take a more powerful, comprehensive approach to fighting displacement.